SSA global technologies , for the manufacturing industry announced the up-to-date version "BPCS V8" of BPCS which is the ERP solution. With new version, besides the fact that function was strengthened extensively, lean manufacturing system of the Toyota Motor Corporation is mounted anew. Also architecture is moving to Java, you say that 95% is already constructed with Java. The schedule which starts the shipment of Japanese edition from 6 ends of the month.

As for BPCS, the ERP package where early version was shipped to 1981. WMS (Warehouse Management System: Function for the medium scale manufacturing industry has been complete e.g., the physical distribution system inside the warehouse) it installs in the suite. It follows this route even with V8 which this time is announced, it says that there is also the plan which sells to for one factory cheaply as the appliance product which preinstalls the software beforehand in the server.

This becomes the shipment form which inserted the fact that the system is expanded it was strengthened with "Process Manager" (PM) function, in range of vision. The same company individual function where PM the modeling does business process with event driven, the to templet converts business process of the specific factory. The templet as a base, besides the fact that is possible the fact that the system is developed easily to another factory, also the same company has prepared the standard templet individually in for the vertical market.

In addition the technique, function "Trade in order this time is new, to make sale financial management simple Funds Management" and the lean manufacturing system which systematizes the Toyota system was mounted on the same package.

As for Trade Funds Management, the case where the new product is shipped marketing-related budget the function which is optimized in order operating budget and it integrates to manage. For example, when the case of sale and promotion of the new product, 30%, we would like to allot 70% budget to incentive and discount and sample offer for the retail industry in announcement, you say that it accumulates those data to the database analyzes dropping cost and the superiority or inferiority of the result, can use in detail, in management of budget from the next time.

Repeating enterprise effort because Toyota after the war directly optimizes the control of production, you established the lean manufacturing system of one side, those which systematize the technique which is called "system" and JIT (Just In Time), in Europe and America. With BPCS V8, to update replacement and the data in the data through business process and routing it is possible The data moving during processing just, like the agent which transmits information being to be able to utilize, you say that it can reduce job step.

In announcement of this day the same company seamless of the solution to which the various vendors offer new version core of the strategy "Open eRP" of the same company which actualizes integration and made also the thought being joint, of keeping developing the adapter which can be connected with positioning and the other solution easily clear. Furthermore, you call the possibility that future it is announced in regard to the concrete cooperation of labor partner.

As for the user interface of V8, that client/server edition and Web browser edition, and "the user which even now it wishes to use is many", (the same company) it can select from the text edition emulator which is said. Work environment, has become AS/400, HP-UX and Windows NT/2000.